Anorexia 2

Anorexia and bulimia are excessive eating disorders. Anorexia is the act of starving oneself, usually to maintain a certain physical image. Bulimia is a disorder in which one person eats an excessive amount (bingeing) and then purges the food on purpose. Bulimics usually induce vomiting or use laxatives of some sort. There are many similarities in both illnesses, the most common being the cause. There seems to be a common occurrence of sexual and/or …

…cause a person to become anorexic or bulimic: · Need for control in one's life · Need to please others · Dread of being fat. · Depression · Low self esteem · Unresolved abuse as a child · Social attitude toward peer pressure and toward thinness · From the book FEELINGS BURIED ALIVE NEVER DIE the emotions listed are: o Feels totally unable to please parent (usually mother) o Feels unable to live up to expectations of others o Feelings of self-rejection/self-hatred